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Re:Myths in cycling: wider tires are slower by rorykoehler on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @02:24AM (#27511946)
I've been road riding with people who switched to gravel bikes and they were suddenly noticeably slower. They also seemed to run out of gas earlier which means they were expending more energy to keep up.
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Re:Myths in cycling: wider tires are slower by vladvasiliu on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @02:33AM (#27511998)
Weren't those new bikes heavier?

My own road bike is nothing particularly fancy, but it's very light. Just because those bikes may be made to take more of a beating than a road-bike, they may be heavier. I'm thinking in particular tougher wheels and front work, possibly the whole frame.

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Re:Myths in cycling: wider tires are slower by rorykoehler on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @03:04AM (#27512210)
We were riding on mostly flat terrain so it wouldn't be a big differentiator.
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Re:Myths in cycling: wider tires are slower by discreteevent on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @04:25AM (#27512642)
Were they using tires without any tread?
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Re:Myths in cycling: wider tires are slower by egman_ekki on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @05:21AM (#27512922)
interesting, maybe different frame geometry contributed as well?
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Re:Myths in cycling: wider tires are slower by rorykoehler on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @05:28AM (#27512962)
I would imagine this would be considerable. Improving your aero position is the easiest way to go faster.
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